The Higher Defense Council convened at the Baabda Palace on Friday at the request of President Michel Aoun after a state funeral held in honor of soldiers abducted by the Islamic State extremists and later executed.

The gatherers held a moment of silence in honor of the martyr servicemen.

During a state funeral on Friday held in honor of servicemen slain by the Islamic State extremist group, President Michel Aoun vowed that blood of the martyrs will never go in vain and that the truth will be unveiled in the end.

“I vow to you that blood of your sons will not go in vain until the goals they died for are attained and until the truth is unveiled,” said Aoun addressing families of the servicemen.

The US and Italian Embassies in Beirut hailed the Lebanese army's sacrifices and saluted martyrs of the Lebanese army kidnapped and later executed by the Islamic State extremist organization.

“We salute the Lebanese people’s resilience in confronting terrorism and the Lebanese army's sacrifices in making Lebanon safe for its citizens,” said a US embassy statement.

Lebanon bid farewell on Friday to ten of its soldiers captured and executed by the Islamic State extremist group, after DNA tests matched the identities of the servicemen who disappeared during battles with the group in 2014.

A state funeral was held during a national day of mourning at the Defense Ministry.

The cabinet held a minute's silence ahead of its session on Thursday in honor of the country's soldiers killed by the Islamic State extremist group.

The remains of the soldiers were retrieved last week from the northeastern border town of Arsal. DNA tests revealed on Wednesday that the samples have matched the identifies of the servicemen.

Syria's army said Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed two people at a military facility in the country's west, and that the missiles were fired from Lebanon's air space.

The army said the air raid targeted a facility near the western town of Masyaf, close to the Mediterranean coast, a stronghold of President Bashar Assad.

Combating terrorism, strengthening the global anti-terrorism strategy and providing support for the Lebanese army were the focus of discussions between head of the INTERPOL Foundation for a Safer World Michel el-Murr and a delegation from the INTERPOL leadership, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

Hizbullah, whose fighters are among Iranian-backed forces pushing toward Syria's Deir Ezzor, congratulated Wednesday the Syrian leadership for breaching a siege by the Islamic State group on parts of the eastern city.

Families of soldiers slain by the Islamic State extremist group said on Wednesday that Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq need not attend the funeral ceremony of their sons on Friday because of positions he made back in 2014, LBCI reported Wednesday.

“We asked the Army Command, the Defense Minister (Yaacoub al-Sarraf) and PM Saad Hariri not to let Mashnouq attend the funeral processions because of his positions in 2014,” families of the soldiers told LBCI.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri urged on Wednesday the United Nations and Security Council for an urgent intervention to end violence against the the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar.

“The tragedy of the Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar calls for a conscientious position of the International Community,” said Hariri in a tweet.